Latin America

• Andes Mountain 5,000 miles along the west coast
• Pampas-southern plains
• Amazon River 4,000 miles, 1000 tributaries
• Deforestation

Climate

• Tropical

-How would you describe this?
ALot of water, fruits, palm trees, and tropical plants. Rain forest, and warm.
El Nino

• Westerly trade winds die out, Ocean Temperature, warm
• Warm water = Warm aie
• Warm air = More moisture

- Think its August in January
-Floods in Latin America

What happened

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca
• Machu Picchu- Mexico roots & today
  • Spanish__
  - Cortez, 1519, 500 men
  - Claimed land for Spain, had to deal montezuma & the aztec
  -Cortez was welcomed as a god
  -Slaves help the Spanish
  -Aztec outmatched, Tenochtitlan falls